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In reply to the discussion: The last time "you people" was deployed in a presidential campaign: contempt and class and race [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)45. The last time I was around someone who was gay
I was holding up kitchen cabinets against the wall while he power screwed into the studs....
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The last time "you people" was deployed in a presidential campaign: contempt and class and race [View all]
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
OP
i wonder if we're so numb to this...or if the media is sympathetic to the elite
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#7
Of course not. She would have known that it is the people, the voters, who would
treestar
Jul 2012
#26
actually, the whole phrase makes it even worse: "we've given you all you need..."
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#41
"You people" is offensive because it separates the speaker from those being spoken to with terms tha
JDPriestly
Jul 2012
#20
you make a very good point about assumed intimacy and servitude...they're "entitled" doncha know
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#27
You People Should Retroactively Resign Yourselves to Kneel Before King Mitt
bucolic_frolic
Jul 2012
#21
elections are such pesky formalities for those with the Divine Right of Kings
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#52
they're very good at keeping us divided on cultural issues, when money is all that matters to them.
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#28
they're using her cynically, hoping that the "no attacking wives" immunizes her from criticism
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#54
Divine Right of Kings: yesterday Mittens implied that his money was "God given"
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#34
Ann(toinette) also said "there are so many things that will be open again for more attack”...
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#43
the elite's privacy must be respected...while they read our emails and listen to our cell calls.
nashville_brook
Jul 2012
#53